Here's the Community Wind Toolbox for the USA side.
A pioneer friend in Denmark sent me this note tonight:
I know that many Danish banks and small companies help with investments (for Danes) in German and French (!!) wind turbines.... yes.. I think you should contact Danish Wind Turbine Owners organisation ( Try Asbjørn Bjerre, and say hello from me...) Find contact info at http://www.dkvind.dk/eng/index.htm
yes.. I think you should contact Danish Wind Turbine Owners organisation ( Try Asbjørn Bjerre, and say hello from me...)
Find contact info at http://www.dkvind.dk/eng/index.htm
Of course that means that there is enough experienced expertise right here to get it all done right at the highest standards, from resource assessment to siting to sourcing vendors. In addition to whatever equity i brought, i'd put in a serious amount of sweat equity to make sure the project was top of the line.
Wish i had more time to further develop the concept; ain't gonna happen tonight.
But the concept is something which we could actually make happen. Skennah Kowa
There are already models for this kind of financing of utility-scale turbines by individuals and coops, though they all are based on conventional, dinosaur finance prevalent in the Pre-Cook Era.
Well, if people can fund it conventionally, best of luck, I say....and the Danish model is maybe the least worst...
http://www.windshare.ca/
The estimated payback period for the Lakewind Power Project is twelve years, with a projected IRR (Internal Rate of Return) of 7.23%. WindShare will obtain a Standard Offer Contract from the Ontario Power Authority to sell the renewable energy produced by the Lakewind Power Project into the Ontario grid. The contract guarantees a 20 year power purchase agreement and price, interconnection to the grid, and allow wind power projects under 10 MW to compete economically with larger power generation projects.
http://www.windshare.ca/lakewind/economic_snapshot.html We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659
